working on sweet dreams
Last night was great… even though he got to bed really late he slept the night from 11:30 to 7 which was much needed on my part after getting up with him atleast 3 times every night for the past 4 nights.
Betsy and I went to Barnes & Noble and I finally found the book that many people recommened… The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley. I had the Baby Sleep Solution but it involved way too much crying to just leave him in the crib and rub him belly while he just screams away… I’m not comfortable with that so while there are tips in that book I took, I don’t want him to be screaming bloody murder. I would sacrifice all my sleep to keep him from suffering that way.
I haven’t had much time to read it yet but the small parts I have read I can see them helping and I’m going to start implementing some tonight. We usually start his bath around 9:30 but tonight I want to have him in bed by then… so at 8:30 we are going to get his bedtime routine started. Maybe getting things going earlier will help him eat better because he won’t be falling asleep as he eats. It also talked about babies who don’t sleep through the night that they might 1. have trouble putting themselves back to sleep and 2. they might be suffering from seperation anxiety and Nicholai is at the prime age for seperation anxiety. So I started playing with him while he sits in the crib so that he feels safer being in there. We also played in his room some so that when he wakes up alone in his room he still feels safe.
It also talked about introducing a lovey. A lovey is something that they get attached to, like a toy or blanket that you carry with you, that you hold between you and your baby while they nurse…. and I found one that I like but I don’t think I want to spend $30 on it… Chris said I could make something like it but I’m not good with sewing and I don’t have a machine… so I’m not sure how it would turn out. I might look at fabric later today though and see… maybe it is something I can do. It’s called a Snoedel and I can get his name on it… and I’ve wanted something with his name on it since it would have to be customed ordered anyway because I know that I won’t find anything with Nicholai on it in a store lol.
In less then 2 weeks Nicholai will be 8 months old…. I can’t believe it. I was sitting with him on the floor today trying to imagine my life without him… but I couldn’t. Sure, traveling would be easier, and I would get more sleep, but now that I have him…. I just can’t imagine living without him. He is my life, my whole life revovles around him, around making him smile, around getting him to laugh, around helping him grow into a good person…. I can’t even remember what my life was like before him…. it’s weird how much your life can change in just 7 1/2 months.
Ok…. well I only have an hour left of his naptime so I better grab a shower while I can. Betsy and I are going to hang out for a bit… her hubby is coming home from his year long deployment in just **** and I’m so excited for her!
… don’t be afraid, sometimes they come true! 
… music is my life
